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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09
Savage Foes of the Congo.

'The most dangerous savage foes we
have to fear" said Stanley, the explorer,
''are buffalo. We lost five men during
my last visit TO the Congo from these ami
mails; three were killed by crocodiles, one
by hippopotamus and one by buffalo.
There are large numbers Of hippopotami
along the Congo and its tributaries, and
Thousands upon thousands Of crocodiles.
The latter are by far the most insidious
foes we have, because they are so silent
and so swift. You see man bathing in
the river" said Mr. Stanley, with one of
his vivid, graphic touches; "he is stand
ing near the shore, laughing at you, per-
haps, laughing in the keen enjoyment Of
his bath suddenly he falls over and you
sec him 10 more. A crocodile has ap-
preached unseen, has struck him blow
with its tail that knocks him over, and
he is instantly seized and carried off. Or,
it NAV be that the man is swimming; he
is totally unconscious of danger; there is
nothing to stir tremor Of apprehension;
but there, in deep water, under the
shadow OF that rock, or hidden beneath
the shelter Of the trees yonder, is huge
crocodile. II has spotted the swimmer,
and is watching its opportunity. The
swimmer approaches, he is within strik-
ing distance, stealthily, silently, unper-
ceiyed, the creature makes for its prey;
the man knows nothing until he is seized
by the leg and dragged under, and he
knows no more A bubble or two indi-
Gates the place where he has gone down,
and that is ALL"
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09

self thanking heaven, and you, that ! got
out without losing anything. lam tired
of such chances. do not feel that / can
enter into contracts with men like Brisket
and Danbury without compromising my
self; and so have decided to get out
altogether"
II understood that you were going out
of business" +" said Helen, quietly.
'sYes, / am. I shall close up the Office
as soon as possible"
II expected that; and--and I don't
wish to trouble you, Mr.. Wayne, but if
yop see an opening for me anywhere,
would you be SO kind as to recommend
mein
'T have just been talking to your
mother" said Roland, bowling to Mrs.
Archer. II am going abroad. My health
requires it; but / do not like the idea Of
going alone want you and your mother
to accompany me. 1t will do you both
good-indeed, you need it as much as I
and / won't take refusal"
This is how Helen Archer took her first
trip to Europe.
When she came home Roland Wayne
had given her situation as-his wife,
Chicago Herald.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09
SELECT sIFTINGs.

Christianity was introduced into France
in the fifth century.
A Louisiana (Mo.) man had the hic
coughs for fourteen consecutive days.
The manuscript of famous sermon
which John Knox preached in 1855 has
been sold lately for 81, 046.
According to the Australian Consul at
Yokohama, the earthquakes of Japan de-
stroy city every seven years, on the
average.
The eyes of poisonous snakes have been
found by DR.. Benjamin Sharp to have
clliptical pupils, while in the harmless
species they are circular.
Cardinal Wolsey, who had risen from
This lowly station as the son Of butcher
to be the High Chancellor of England
under Henry VIII, died in 1880.
The first country to issue stamps foi
cheap postage was Great Britain in 1910.
An unused stamp of that date is worth
about $780, The rarest postage stamp
known to collectors was issued by the
Postmaster at Brattleboro in 1916.
In feudal times, when a country was
about to engage in war, the king sum-
moned his vassals; these, generally the
chief mobiles, summoned their retainers OF
liegcmen, and the latter called out then
farmers and yeomanry. The army con-
sisted of freemen, each armed at his own
cost or the cost of his superior. e
Napoleon Bonaparte was at the height
of his power in 1911, at which time the
French Empire extended from the borders
of Denmark to those of Naples, and his
kinsman held the throne of Holland,
Naples, Westphalia and Spain. What a
contrast to the sovereign sway then exer
cised is the loneliness of his exile and
death ten years later at st. Helena.
A well-posted railway man says that the
obligatory footing of a locomotive on the
New York, New Haven & Hartford rail
road, in an ordinary days run, involves q
waste of steam requiring the consumption
of 2S0 pounds Of coal to renew. He esti,
mates the whistling expenses of that par.
ticular railway at SIS, 600 per year. There
is similar waste in the blowing of the
whistles of stationary and steamboat en-
gines 1t is matter worth the serious
study of practical roilroad men, whether
they cannot devise cheaper noise with
which to give notice of the approach Of
trains to stations and grade crossings.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09
HUMoR OF THE DAY.


A good thing to tie to-A hitching
post. Merchant IraceJer.
The body of fish is a great puzzle, be-
cause you can't make head nor tail Of it.
-Svtngs
Our present fishery trouble would seem
insignificant if somebody would invent
boneless shad.-Puck.
"Heavens Look there" where"
"There-that messenger boy running"
"Sh-hl It's his regular meal time. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
In this country there are two hundred
thousand men blowing in brass bands,
and twenty million blowing at them
DanrilIe Breeze.
Probably this world couldn't get along
without cranks; but sometimes it cant
help thinking it would like to try
Somercille Journal
A married man in words unkind
And with much emphasis AYERS,
His wife destroys his peace Of mind
By giving him a piece Of hers.
Merchant Traveller.
Husband--'Tf you only had the ability
to cook as mother used to would be
happy, dear" Wife-"And if you only had
the ability to make money enough to buy
things to cook, as your father used to, I
too would be happy, dear"
Fogg has said the meanest things any
was was ever capable of saying. When
Mrs. F. left him alone in the house the
other evening she remarked: "You won't
be lonely, dear2" "No," he replied; 'I
shan't miss you at all. The parrot, you
know, is here. Boston Transcript.
"Give an example of an immovable
obstacle" said the teacher. And the
smart bad boy at the foot of the class
suggested three girls on the sidewalk.
The teacher, who usually had to walk in
the middle of the street herself, sent him
right up to the head of the class and told
him to stay there for week.-B,rdettc.
'sBe kind to the animals out on the farm,
Let thom see kind smile on your facs
wreathing;
Oh, let the horse pause in the plough as he
Up the hin, for moment of breathing;
Be kind to the rooster who's winning his
And Be lind to the rake when it 5 teeth
ing"
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09

IN answer to the question, "whai
speed is attained by the fastest steamer in
the world7' the New York SIN replies.
''The ordinary good torpedo boats in
foreign nayies make about twenty-five
miles an hour over the measured mile
There are few, including the American
boat Stiletto, that can make twenty-five
miles an hour. This fastest boat in tbs
world Is the French torpedo boat oura
gan. She Is credited with about twenty
nine miles an hour. At that rate she
would move as fast as ordinary passenger
trains between New York and Chicago
average
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09

Two well-known cattlemen of Hen
rietta, Texas, have contracted with a
firm in Montreal, Canada, to furnish
them by June 1st, 6, 900 head of cattle from
yearlings to. six-year old cows for 800,
900. The cattle are to be used for breed
ing purposes. The Galveston Nscs says
that this is the first sale Of cattle ever
made direct to Canadian buyers, ane
Texans believe that it win develop into
brisk trade.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09
The Duty of Personal Service.

When Christian men and women begin
to recognize the duty of personal ser
vice, all weeks will be weeks of special
blessing, and every service will be tri-'
umph for the Lord, "For you must know,
Mr.. Lewis, it is rule in our church that
when one brother has been converted he
must go and fetch another brother, and
when a sister has been converted, she
must go and fetch another sister. This
is the way one hundred and twenty of
us have been brought from atheism and
Popery to simple faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ" So said member of
one of the struggling Protestant
churches in Paris. And struggling
though it is, that church is triumph
ant, because personal service is thus re-
ceivcd.
Nothing can take the place of this
personal duty. Many church which
men call prosperous, and which is pros
porous in external ways-in congfega-
tions, easy finances, large gifts--is tor
ribly weak and languishing spiritually,
because to so great degree its members
are willing to do anything but make
personal approach 10 others for Jesus
sake. What record of spiritual power
ty it is, and record so often mado that
the making it seems to be kind of
matter of course-a church with, say,
500 members, and with additions by con-
versions of from half dozen to dozen
in a whole year. The reason is plain.
The hindrance docs not lie in God, it
docs lie in that church. As a general
basis the membership is willing to do
anything but search out men, one by
one, and personally and lovingly press
Christ on them. - Rev. Dr.. Wayland
Hoyt.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09
REMOTELY AKIN.

Our friends are like the buttercups
That turn plain fields to gold
With bounty manifold;
While Love is like the sweet wild arose
Which fills hidden place
With fragrance, color, grace;
Nor yet the dover scorns
Of beauty saving thorns.
And Friendship is country rich
In meadows. waters, woods
A land Of quiet moods;
But Love is like mountain fair;
joys, tunult, dangers flow
Adown its sides below,
While high against the skies
Its solemn submits rise.
Or, Love summer sunrise shines,
So rich IT. clouds are hung.
SO rich its songs are sung;
And Friendships but broad, common day,
With light enough TO show
Where fruit with hrambles grow;
With warmth enough to feed
The grain of daily need.
and Love, royal river, flows
To give. to strongly bless
Or blight, with swift cares;
wa;le Friendship has lakes repose;
A lake that placid lies
Beneath the placid skies,
And holds the heavens anigh
To sOothe the downcast eye.
Or, Loves church, dear, beautiful;
And Friendship is home
Where one for rest may come
Like praying spire, Love, too,
Has entered in the blue;
Midway its clear bells sound,
SweeteninS tho air around,
While no;ses Of the street
About its portals meet
Boston Transcript.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09

They that are in God, being united to
him through Christ, can never by any
power be separated from him. Death.
that is the great discover of all other
unions, civil and natural, is so far from
untying this, that it consummatcs il; it
conveys the soul into the nearest and
fullest enjoyment Of God, who is its life
where it shall not need 10 desire as il
were from distance; 1t shall then be at
tho spring-head, and shall be satisfied
with His love Observation-Disclosures
Leighton.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09

nj wooden vessels requiring extensive
rfrairs in order TO place them in condi-
non for service there are three first-class
vessels and three second class. OF iron
vessels in the same chronic condition there
arc also three, while ali told seven new
vessels are on the stocks in various stages
Of incompleteness. These swell the navy
list to the magnificent total Of sixty-one
vessels, not one Of which would be able
70 cope with any Of the great war ships
of Europe. But this does no. exhaust
,he list Perish the thought. There are
thirteen harbor tugs enlisted in the navy
and eleven sailing vessels. The latter arc
Of no soIt Of value save for the uses and
abuses oi training schools, and are per
nanenily anchored at Newport, New
York, Portsmouth. Mare Island aud else
where But they are down on the list
Just the same Adding the tugs and th'
tubs 70 the aggregate Of sixty-one vessels
already figured out and the sum total i
eighty five craft Of all sorts and condition.
This Is the showing Of the United States
navy compiled from the last Official report.
On the whole the figures are neat. but
not gaudy. They arc respectable enough
as figures, but arc not calculated to strike
terror to the heart Of the foreign foe
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09
THE
Charlotte Messenger
IS PUBLISHED
Every Saturday,
AT
CHARLOTTE, ~. C.

In the interests of the colcred People
of the Country.
Able and well-known writers will contrib
ute TO its columns from different parts of the
country, and it will contain the latest Gen
erai News of the day.
The MESSENGER is a flrst-c'ass newspaper
and will not allow personal abuse in its col
umns 1t is not sectarian or partisan. but
MISUNDERSTANDING fairly by all II re-
serves the right to criticise the 81 og,eou,ings
of all public officials .D,iiuc the
worthy, and recommending for election s,ich
men as in its opinion are hest suited "a serve
the interests Of the people
1t is intended to supp'y the long felt need
NJ a newspaper To advocate the rights and
defend the interests of the Negro A rnerican,
especially in the Piedmont section of the
Carolinas
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09

It is curious fact that the physical
condition Of steel is unsettled for many
hours after being rolled. Finally it comes
to state Of rest. but any test Of its
quality before that period arrives is mis-
leading.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09

Cornelius vanderbilt's new milk house
viii have tiling on It which cost over
$1,000.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09

The Chicago Herald says that after tax
ing account of stock the navy Of the
United States is found possessed Of the
following craft:
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-09
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
,i,eai.s IN Adrance.

VIC SMITH. Charlotte N c.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-02-09
Tn. Model Glee Club.

Inc NAuuet eSh0e CAuDs
The following which we find in Tren-
ton paper, contains the names Of several
Lambertville pupils of the Model school,
&C., and will therefore, be read with in
terest:
Fer the promotion Of vocal culture and
the dissemination of harmonious sounds
through the circumambient atmosphere,
the Model Glee Club was recently organ
lied. Through the partnership of Apollo
and the Faculties of the State Schools,
much satisfactory progress has been made.
The following well-known and highly es.
teemed citizens have obtained permission
from the Board of Health to sing, rejoice
and assemble in social fellowship: There
is our honored president of mathematical
fame, Prof. Frank II. Scobey, and Alstya
d. Blackwell offlciates as secretary Will
liam P. Ely is treasurer, and Francis B.
Lee acts IS accompanist; Miss Lillian s.
Ely is the director. Others who raise
their voices ia tuneful lays are Prof.
William r. Wright, j. Harry Durham,
Botanist George E. Briggs, Alfred Ely,
" Dick" Lull, formerly of the United
States Navy and now connected with the
canal service in the borough, George
Mackey, distant relation of the million
aire; John Ely, Osmyn Baker, with the
mellfuous soprano voice James F.
Weart, known as Jimwsart, and Charley
Dilts. Such is the glee club which, with
such membership, steadily advances on
the high road of prosperity Signal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-02-09

Much of the corruption that pervades
the management of our railroads is attri-
buted by the PittsbuTg Commercial Ga
eette to the fact that inside rings monopo-
police the information that Is the due Of
all parties in interest. II says:
The ordinary holder of railroad securi-
ties must content himself with such in
formation as the ring sees At to vouchsafe
in the annual reports of tho company.
This, of course, gives those inside the
ring illicit advantages, which are unscru-
pulously ayailed Of. There is probably
no railroad In the country whose reports
give full and exact statement Of its con-
dition. Cases ia which the statements are
deliberately calculated to deceive are not
infrequent. Jay Gould loaned the Wa
bash Railroad, money to declare a did,
dend, and upon the strength of this ap-
pearance unloaded its securities on the
market at enormous profits. Disclosure
of the debt followed in due time, and the
price of its securities tumbled accordingly,
developing fresh profits for those in the
ring, who had sold its securities " short. -
AT the semi.annual meetings of the stock
holders of an English railroad its affairs
are fully exposed to examination. There
is no reason why railroad accounts should
not be as subject to investigation in the
public interest as the accounts of ma
tional bank. Corrupt relations between
railroad management and Wall street
would disappear il the class of public
trusts created by railway charters were
duly subjected to public scrutiny.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-02-09
oLLApoDRIDA.


Pope, 10 one of his brilliant and caustic
couplets, says, "Fools rush in where an
gels fear to tread"
The "Pope' is infallible, hence the
truthfulness of this trite saying. But We
all know 1t is true, whether Alexander
Pope in fight of poetic fancy penned it,
or whether Pope Alexander sent it forth
er cathedrd from the chair of st. Peter,
which ne didn't do. We have all seen
just such people. And when blatant in
fidelity rants against churches, and minis
tiers, and religion, it is only another in
stance Of fools rushing in,-another in
stance of what greater and divinely in
spired poet said, "The fool hath said in
his heart, there is no Cod" But the
church militant marches proudly onward,
conquering and to conquer, against all
the whangdoodleism of q blatant inf
deity.
sAll fools have still an itching to deride.
And fain would be upon the laughing side"
Wherever infidelity is found land there
is scarcely community free from some
form of it), it breeds squalor and ignor-
ance. Infidelity is without moral princi-
pie; is destitute of sense; would violate
the dearest and most venerable relations;
would make the world one vast den, aud
the swine and tho wolf would be degrad.
ed by comparison with its inhabitants.
Araold's "Life of Lincoln" is undoubt-
eddy the best one of that great and noble
man which has yet been publis he'd. 1t
fascinates like some mystic charm and
leads one along with increasing enthasi-
asm and admiration for one who was
without doubt the greatest man of re
bellion times, the one matchless among
forty millions, for the peculiar Official
ties of the period" Every parent ought
to put 1t into the hands Of his children.
How much better would IL be--how much
nobler citizens and upright men would
We haye--if Young America would spend
his evenings reading such books, rather
than loafing in corner groceries and other
unmentionable places. Any one who will
be morally honest with himself and con-
scientiously read this book, paying due
regard to the facts Of history, will never
again vote for the supremacy of the Dem
ocratic party.
Worth makes the man and want of II the fellow
The rest Is all but leather aud prunella."
Tbs Greek word for hash contains one
hundred and seventy-nine letters aud is
% follows: Observation-Disclosures
neutrality-suspicious. atosilphiopar-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
hattoperister a Observation-Disclosures :
peleiolagoo neutrality-suspicious.
Ye gormandizers of boarding house
hash, beware for ye know not what ye
eat NASSAU.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-02-09

The Lambertville Improvement Com
pany ia steadily progressing and win hold
an adjourned meeting at Thatcher's Hall,
in this city, on Saturday afternoon, the
18th of February. 1887, at $50 O'Clock.
when Board of Directors will be elected
by the stockholders of the company, and
such other business transacted as may
come before 1t. A full attendance of the
stockholders is requested and all others
who have an interest in the prosperity Of
our city.
The shares OF stock Of the company are
$25 each--to be called in at different
times as the Board Of Director may de-
termine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-02-09
NOTES FROM RrNaoEs.

A good deal of sickness is reported at
present.
VIM. Munson, son of Ira Munson, is
said to be seriously i'll.
Several cases OF measles hnye appeared
at and about Copper Hill. We have
been Informed that the Higgins school
has been closed on account of the fact
that nearly oil OF the pupils are suffer-
ing this ailment. We have heard of
only one case in Ringoes.
Miss Lonisa Rudebock is nov in
charge Of the Copper Hill school, as her
sister Miss Mary, is on account OF ILL.,
ness, unable to perform the duties Of
her position, as teacher of this school.
The funeral services OF Mr.. J. Green
Quick were conducted in the Larison
Corner Church, last Thursday morning,
by Rev. John Scarlet OF Fuera Belsh,
N. Y.
Mr.. George Burgess and family ex.
pect to move to Sandy Ridge.
Mr.. George Cherry, Jr. and family
are now occupying the house purchased
recently by him.
Mr.. Silas Nonamakcr and Mr.. George
Cherry, Jr., have purchased some wood
land situated few miles from Point
Pleasant. Pa, and are now engaged in
clearing it.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-02-09
Death Of Rev. Jonathan yanno.e.

Death Of Rev. jonathan vannote.
Rev. Jonathan Vannote, pastor of the
First Independent Church, Seventh and
Dickinson streets, Philadelphia, died on
Tuesday of last week, at his residence,
No. 1928 South Fifth street, in that city.
Deceased was in his 48th year. He had
been confined to his home for several
months with complication of diseases,
but the immediate cause of his death was
heart failure. He was formerly minis
ter of tie Methodist Episcopal Church,
and was stationed at Titusville aud the
Rock Church in this vicinity, and other
charges; and for several years be was one
of the editors of the Eoening Call, Phila-
delphia. In 1856 he and James Brook,
purchased the State Gazette, Trenton
Subsequently he purchased Mr.. Brook 8
interest and conducted the paper alone
until July, 1869, when he went to Pitts
burg and for several years edited the Dis
patch of that city. About six years ago
he went to Philadelphia. He was inter
red at Marlton, N. j., last Friday morning.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-02-09

Fair.
Major @. A. Angel Post, No. 20, snd
Woman's Relief Corps, No. IL, will hold
joint Fair aud Festival, commencing
February 14tb, in Lyceum Hall, to last
one week, at which refreshments OF all
kinds will be served, including oysters
in every style, ice cream, cakes, candies.
fruits, &c. There will also be some un-
usual attractions each evening.
We have already some very useful
articles to be disposed of, which were
presented to us by the following friends:
A silver ice pitcher by Ely X. Solliday;
largo table lamp from A. G. Gandey ;
suit of clothes by r. A. Donnelly A
yards of satin by Carver & Williams
clothes wringer by s. b. Hill; large
larnp and other notions from G.. j.
Fisher large hanging lamp by Cook Il
Johns; large hanging lamp by comrade
J. W. Crook; clothes horse by j. p.
Schneider fine lounge by Van Horn
Brothers smoking set by James Mul
lineaux silver cake basket by comrade
J. M. Lewis snit Of clothes by Amos
johnson; suit Of clothes by A. @. Yates
& Co., Of Philadelphia, Pa; violin by
J. 8. Ruhlman; handsome chair by @. w.
Arnett; large picture by comrade H.
L. Day; toilet set by Mrs. Mckay,
Of Phila.; SILK and other quilts, and
many other fancy articles by the LADY
friends; -four, canned fruits. potatoes
and coal by our gentlemen friends, and
many other articles which will be adyer'
tised in the future.
BIZ ORDER OF THE CoAAuTTRE.